How long does it take to read The Purgatorio?
The Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri takes about 7 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Divine Comedy
Previous: Inferno
About 7 hours 19 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1768. 399 pages, about 109,725 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 216 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Com’ io l’ho tratto, saria lungo a dirti;
Subjects: Purgatory, Poetry, Purgatorio (Dante Alighieri), Poetry (poetic works by one author), Fiction, Italian poetry
